| A | B |
|---|
| Brain Drain | the large scale emigration by talented people |
| Counterurbanization | the net migration from urban to rural areas |
| Forced migration | means that the migrant has been compelled to move by cultural factors |
| Internal migration | permanent movement within the same coutnry |
| Chain Migration | the migration of people to a specific location because relatives or members of the same nationality previously migrated there |
| Emigration | migration from a location |
| Guest workers | citizens of poor countries who obtain jobs in Western Europe and the Middle East |
| International migration | permanent movement from one country to another |
| Circulation | the short-term, repetitive, or cyclical movements that recur on a regular basis, such as daily, monthly, or annually |
| Floodplain | the area subject to flooding during a specific number of years |
| Immigration | migration to a location |
| Interregional migration | movement from one region of a country to another region |
| Intervening obstacle | an environmental or cultural feature that hinders migration |
| Migration Transition | consists of changes in a society comparable to the demographic transition |
| Pull Factor | induces people to move to a location |
| Refugees | people who have been forced to migrate from their home country and cannot return for fear of prosecution because of their race, religion, nationality, membership in a social group, or political opinion |
| Intraregional migration | movement within one region |
| Mobility | general term covering all types of movements from one place to another |
| Push Factor | induces people to move out of their present location |
| Undocumented immigrants | migrants that do not have proper documents |
| Migration | permanent move to a new location |
| Net Migration | the difference between the number of immigrants and the number emigrants. |
| Quota | maximum limits on the number of people who could immigrate to the United Sates from each country during a one year period |
| Voluntary migration | implies that the migrant has chosen to move for economic improvement |
